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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 0007-7704
- eISSN
- 1864-449X
- DOI
- 10.1515/byzs.1963.56.1.53
- Publisher site
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Abstract
THE MOSAICS OF THE GREAT PALACE OFTHE EMPERORS P. J. N O R D H A G E N / O S L O Few discoveries of this Century have astonished and perplexed scholars more than the floor mosaics which were brought to light before and after the Second World War on the site of the Imperial Palace at Constantinople. More classical in style than the Roman mosaics of the fourth Century A. D., the Palace floors can be shown, by archaeological evidence, not to antedate the sixth; and although most scholars seem to agree that the work should be dated somewhere between A. D. 500 and 600, neither in the two extensive reports1 nor in the many reviews of these has the date been established with certainty. On the basis of style alone, it has proved extremely difficult to draw definite conclusions, since, after A. D. 500, one can hardly find counterparts either in design or in quality of workmanship. The help available from historical sources is very scant: despite its impressive size, the building complex to which the mosaics belong has not been specifically mentioned in any of the sources regarding the building activity of the
Journal
Byzantinische Zeitschrift – de Gruyter
Published: Jan 1, 1963